Fun with Imelda in a 10-minute musical

WHEN Pete Greenaway wrote his first entry for Short Sweet + Song, a festival of 10-minute musicals, he neglected to follow the art form's basic rule: find a composer who has a pulse.

'My biggest regret is not being able to carry on'

Peter Cousens reflects on the trials and triumphs of the defunct musical theatre company Kookaburra. Peter Cousens is the founder of Kookaburra The National Musical Theatre Company

Mixed Bag Of Broadway Musicals : Last Burlesque Show Is A Blast

Mixed bag of Broadway musicals PantSeat Productions' Mix Tape: A Broadway Revue took its name from the practice of putting together a recording of favourite songs, originally on a cassette tape but now on a compact disc or iPod.

Cheers For Musicals From Oz

OZMADE MUSICALS Compered by Tony Sheldon, directed by Aaron Joyner. Athenaeum Theatre, November 17. Running time: 160minutes

Singer Who Gave His Musicals Life

ROB GUEST 1950-2008

Gone For A Song

Musicals dominate the Indian Film Festival, reports Erik Jensen.

The Broadway Musicals Of 1955

The Broadway Musicals of 1955 De Hoty, Bryan Batt etc, accompaniment directed by Ross Patterson. Recorded live. Middle 8 4/5

Decade Of Dazzling Encores

In fine tradition, Jeanne Pratt's The Production Company raises the curtain on its 10th year with three well-loved musicals, writes Bryce Hallett.

Can You Hear The People Sing Again?

Once immune to the allure of hit musicals, the French capital has embraced England's 'toe-tapping' tastes, writes Angelique Chrisafis.

Sondheim: From Broadway To Bart

TO A new generation, Stephen Sondheim's eminence as a writer of musicals would rate as nothing compared with his having appeared as himself in The Simpsons.

Not A Patch On A Coat Of Better Colours

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Opera Australia, Opera House June 26

Into The Arms Of A New Audience

Musicals are going all out to target a younger audience, writes Valerie Lawson.

A Barber With Curves And Curls

JOHN Milson has won an Order of Australia for his lifetime spent working in the theatre, so it is not surprising that he makes no claims to be a revolutionary.

Of War And Grease

MAITLAND Gilbert and Sullivan and Musical Society will stage two musicals at the Tempus Two Winery at Pokolbin this year: South Pacific on May 5 at 8pm and May 6 at 2pm and Grease in September.

Singing For Our Safety

HERE'S an offer that's too good to refuse. JJK Productions has put together a concert that will preview some of the musicals to be staged in the Hunter this year as a fund-raiser for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

All Set To Reward The Best, No Dramas

TWO musicals about Asian monarchs and another about poor New York students are in contention for the 2006 City of Newcastle Drama (CONDA) Awards.

City Comes Alive To The Sound Of Musicals

IT WOULD seem the stories surrounding the death - or, at least, the decline in popularity - of musicals in Australia have been greatly exaggerated. A wigged-up, capacity audience greeted Thursday night's world premiere of Dusty - the Original Pop Diva with standing ovations at the Arts Centre's State Theatre.

A Rocky Road To New World Songs

Two remarkable Broadway musicals are coming to a stage near you, writes Ken Longworth.

Win A Tony? You Can't Be Serious

Crowd-pleasing musicals dominate this Sunday's Tony Awards. Phillip McCarthy reports from New York.

Dame Edna's Gladdy All Over, Possums

DAME Edna really is back. Her second hit Broadway show, Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance, which ran from November 21 to May 1 at New York's Music Box theatre was nominated for a Tony award yesterday in the "best special theatrical event" category. The self-proclaimed "gigastar" won a Tony in 2000 for her show Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, in a "special" category created to distinguish the "one woman" tour de force from the plays, musicals and revivals that make up the Tony award roster. This year ...